Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was created for the premiere of the film Dr Zhivago … hand-made by the top milliners of the day , many will go for less in the sale than they cost new but Mrs Maxwell says she needs the money … |
| 2 | This was created for the premiere of the film Dr Zhivago … hand-made by the top milliners of the day , many will go for less in the sale than they cost new but Mrs Maxwell says she needs the money … |
| 3 | This was seen for the hisD gene which is transcribed from a vector promoter . |
| 4 | Some graves have been found showing that bowls of food were buried with the body — this was to provide for the journey to the Underworld , which many people believed was made by a dead person 's spirit . |
| 5 | This was used for the fitting of steel tyres to cartwheels . |
| 6 | This was to compensate for the lack of imported fruit and vegetables . |
| 7 | Not one of the little piece picking a little piece out , but an overall assessment and this was produced for the County Council by their environmental consultants and was specifically referred to in the County Surveyor and I think County Planning Officer 's joint report , and that er assessment said , rather than damaging an an irreplaceable , sensitive landscape as could happen with the other routes , the inner northern route could be seen as a means of improving the landscape . |
| 8 | The mental health centres , from which so much was expected for the future , were designed to become self-funding from fees and diverse agency support . |
| 9 | The irony , of course , is that since a considerable proportion of these were bred for the purpose , a large number of animals would not otherwise have lived were they not destined to die prematurely . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , if men such as these were in fact the local recruiting agents , not all were equipped for the job ; Nicholas Hill of Oakham , though servant to no less a figure than the king , possessed neither arms nor armour . |
| 11 | Many items were donated outright ; many were lent for the duration , but everything was volunteered in one way or another . |
| 12 | Nor for that matter could Wiltshire clothiers , for , although a dozen or more were rated for the Anticipation at upwards of £100 , the highest was only £250 : for some reason the great William Stumpe of Malmesbury was not assessed . |
| 13 | The substitution of G10 to A10 ( a204 ) completely abolished the formation of Q34 and the same was observed for the insertion of C47 in the variable loop ( a209 and a215 ) . |
| 14 | Little was recovered for the crown by these proceedings , but recognition was gained that all secular jurisdiction was exercised on behalf of the crown by explicit or inferred royal licence . |
| 15 | Sorry I do n't think that was heard for the record Mr . |
| 16 | stated that only three weeks without practical experience was all that was required for the diploma . |